Flavors of Greece festival at St. John the Baptist
Cedar Rapids church hosts Flavors of Greece Food Festival with 6000 dolmathes and Greek specialties including gyros souvlaki spanakopita and pork chops. Foods run 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Friday noon to 9 p.m. Saturday 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday with free admission and advance meal tickets.
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Antonio Kelleher
George Bohren
Anthy Karras
Helen McDonald
Cedar Rapids
St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church
Ave. NE
Secrets for perfectly grilled sweet corn revealed
Knight Ridder reports on selecting fresh corn and chilling to preserve sugars, then grilling with butter and spice rub. Ears are prepped with back husks on, silk removed, soaked 30 minutes, then basted and rotated 15 to 20 minutes until tender and hot.
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Knight Ridder
Iowans Take Blue Ribbons in State Fair Recipe Contests
Pamela Sellner of Manchester led Iowa winners with four first places at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines. Her wins came in Tone’s Essence of Extracts Lemon Poppy Seed Cookies, Spotlighting Spuds Asiago Mushroom Stuffed New Potatoes, Sweet Potato Cinnamon Rolls, and New City Market Dried Foods Party Mix Koi brunch. Other top finishers include Michelle Melchers of Mount Pleasant for Super New York Style Cheesecake and Symphony Fudge entry, Nanette Conger of Fairfield for Banana Coconut Loaf, and Carla Drzycimski of Watkins for Hazelnut Caramels.
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Pamela Sellner
Manchester
Des Moines
Sellner
Tone
Asiago
New City Market
Iowa
Michelle Melchers
Mount Pleasant
Philadelphia
Melchers
E Nanette Conger
Fairfied
Chiquita Brands
Banana Bread
Carla Drzycimski
Watkins
Chocolaterie
Dining Out Costs Rise Amid Higher Meals and More Eating Out
The National Restaurant Association notes the spring 2000 average casual dining meal for one is 10.96 dollars, up from 8.85 dollars in 1996. Americans now spend about 1.1 billion dollars daily on meals prepared away from home, with higher income families allocating over half their food budget to dining out.
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Knight Ridder
National Restaurant Association
Arby’s
Olive Garden
Association
State Fair Food Sticks Up New Classics Across Iowa
At the Iowa State Fair food on a stick dominates stalls from funnel cakes to corn dogs. Concessioners like Jay Wells of Wichita and Kevin Schultz of Minnetonka push novelty sticks from chocolate covered cheesecake to fried candy bars. Fans share big drumsticks and messy long corn dogs, while vendors offer pork chops hot bologna and teriyaki beef on sticks.
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Anne Rutter
Des Moines
Fair Food
Grand Concourse
Jay and
Carol Wells
Wichita
Kan
Jeff Jaeger
Johnston
Jaeger
Kevin Schultz
Minnetonka
Minn
Oasis Concessions
Schultz
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